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What can you do with a Psychology Major?

Academic Coach Facilitators: Sean Varga and Holly Drutarovsky. What can you do with a Psychology Major?. Are you a Psychology Major?. Are you considering becoming a Psychology Major?. Psychology. Definition (from Google):

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What can you do with a Psychology Major?

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  1. Academic Coach Facilitators: Sean Varga and Holly Drutarovsky What can you do with a Psychology Major?

  2. Are you a Psychology Major?

  3. Are you considering becoming a Psychology Major?

  4. Psychology • Definition (from Google): • “The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, esp. those affecting behavior in a given context”

  5. What is Psychology to you, and why are you interested in it?

  6. Why should you study Psychology? • If you are interested in: • how people think, why they do what they do, what being “normal” menas, how the brain might affect someone’s behaviors, how a person develops, etc.

  7. Major? Minors? • At Temple: • Major: Psychology (B.A.) • For people who love Psych • Minor: Psychology • Psychology Grad School Requirements • Can declare if interested in another major, but want a Psych experience too • Minor: Cognitive Neuroscience • How does the mind arise from the brain? • Can declare with Psych or any other Major

  8. What Happens After Graduation?

  9. Research • As a graduate with a psychology degree, you can potentially find a job as a research assistant working under someone with a PhD.

  10. Research • What you can do: • Work on the projects of the Principal Investigator • Work under the Principal Investigator and do the work they assign you to do • What you can’t do: • Conduct your own research • Be the final decision maker about how things will be done

  11. Research • Things to consider: • IMPORTANT: you likely will not be able to find a job with only a bachelor’s degree – you NEED undergraduate research experience!!!! • Jobs might be scarce with only a bachelor’s degree, and Government jobs might be slim to none • You won’t get paid as much • It is likely just a transition job into something else

  12. Research • If you don’t think you would like being a research assistant and want more power, or if you just don’t think research is for you, you can go to graduate school • Masters Degree • PhD • PsyD

  13. Research: Masters V PhD • Masters gives you more power in research • PhD gives you the most power and would eventually enable you to conduct your own research of interest

  14. Masters • 2 years schooling • Can possibly get a business/company/place you work at to pay for your schooling if you plan on staying there and benefitting that place • Mostly, people pay for schooling just like they would their undergraduate degree

  15. PhD / PsyD • 5 + years schooling • Can find grants/ money to help pay for schooling • If the school has the money, they might also give you a stipend for your research work / being a TA for an undergrad psych class • Note: it will likely not be much – only enough to make ends meet for the time being

  16. PhD V PsyD • PhD: • Enables you to do research upon graduation • Is more research oriented • You still can do clinical psychology with a PhD • Or, you can become a professor

  17. PhD V PsyD • PsyD: • More clinically oriented • Seeing and treating patients is a main focus • You can become a clinical psychologist

  18. PhD V PsyD • Take Home Message: • You need to do your research on specific schools to see what they offer in their programs • Different programs have different focuses and different ways they manage their students

  19. Clinical • Masters • School Psychology • PhD • Licensed Psychologist

  20. Settings of Psychology Careers From apa.org:

  21. For More Information… • www.apa.org: • Home»Careers»CareerDevelopment»CareerGuides»Careersin Psychology

  22. Careers Outside of Psychology • What if you don’t want to make Psychology a career? • Fields you can work in: • Schools or colleges • Businesses • Really anywhere (which is why psychology can be a really good or bad major/degree to have)

  23. What You Can Do Now! • Gain research experience • This will look good on your resume and make you stand out from competitors, even if you don’t want to go into research • Can do research on people OR animals! • Immerse yourself in anything related to psychology or your potential direction of interest • This includes shadowing, volunteering, or finding a job that allows you to see what might happen in the setting you are interested in

  24. What You Can Do Now! • Keep getting good grades • Psychology is a competitive area of study, and grades are extremely important! • You don’t want to be the person who doesn’t get the job because you have a 3.0 and the other applicant had a 3.5, even though you both had the same research experience!

  25. What You Can Do Now! • Join clubs and organizations on campus related to what you are interested in • This shows employers/graduate schools you were interested in something even outside of the classroom

  26. What You Can Do Now! • Visit the Career Center to… • Get your resume/CV critiqued • Practice interviews • Explore further career options that might suit your personality/strengths

  27. Questions?

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